# New York S 5624: Defines enforcement officers in a city with a population of one million or more for the purposes of regulating tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia

New York S 5624, Defines enforcement officers in a city with a population of one million or more for the purposes of regulating tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brian Kavanagh (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-11-25 (APPROVAL MEMO.8) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 5624
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Defines enforcement officers in a city with a population of one million or more for the purposes of regulating tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Last action: 2025-11-25, APPROVAL MEMO.8
- Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: HEALTH
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (215 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New York City expands tobacco enforcement: benefit, low. Effective immediately, the law expands tobacco enforcement authority in cities with at least one million people, including New York City. City officers, employees, and agencies authorized to enforce local laws on tobacco sales to minors now also qualify as state enforcement officers. The city's Off…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-16 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 144 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 58 | 1 |   |
| 2025-05-13 | committee | Health Committee Vote | pass | 13 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-11-25: APPROVAL MEMO.8 (Senate)
- 2025-11-21: SIGNED CHAP.551 (Senate)
- 2025-11-17: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-16: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-16: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.833 (House)
- 2025-06-16: SUBSTITUTED FOR A8468 (House)
- 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO HEALTH (House)
- 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-05-13: 1ST REPORT CAL.1090 (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: REFERRED TO HEALTH (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5624)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5624)

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- [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025)
- [A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A11443-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S5624-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).